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Altice rebuffs French telcos’ €17bn joint offer for SFR

by Harry Baldock | Oct 15, 2025

News The offer, announced last night, would have seen Bouygues Telecom, Iliad, and Orange divide...

Carlos Slim buys another £175m slice of BT

by Harry Baldock | Sep 4, 2024

This week, a regulatory filing has revealed that Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim has upped his stake in BT by 1.1% to 4.3%.

Altice offloads BT stake to Airtel as debt pressure grows

by Harry Baldock | Aug 12, 2024

The deal will see Altice UK’s 24.5% stake in the business transferred gradually to India’s second largest telco group, Bharti Airtel

STC turns its gaze to Vodafone Portugal after collapse of Altice deal

by Harry Baldock | Jul 15, 2024

According to anonymous sources speaking to Jornal Económico, Saudi Arabia’s telecoms giant STC is considering acquiring Vodafone Portugal.

Altice’s corruption investigation woes spill into France

by Harry Baldock | Mar 12, 2024

A report from Bloomberg has revealed that French prosecutors have launched their own preliminary investigations into persons linked to Altice, in parallel to separate investigations by Portuguese authorities.

Investors lining up to bid for Altice France’s fibre biz

by Harry Baldock | Feb 12, 2024

According to a report from Bloomberg, numerous major players are lining up to bid for Altice Group’s 50.1% stake in XpFibre, France’s largest alterative fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) wholesaler.

Xavier Niel’s NJJ to buy Turkcell’s Ukraine unit

by Georgia Sweeting | Jan 30, 2024

NJJ Capital, the investment company owned by French billionaire Xavier Niel, has agreed to buy Turkcell’s Ukrainian operations, including mobile operator Lifecell, for at least $500 million.

Iliad’s Xavier Niel shows interest in Altice Portugal

by Georgia Sweeting | Jan 3, 2024

Billionaire Xavier Niel, who owns French telco Iliad, has expressed an interested in purchasing Altice Portugal, according to a report from Bloomberg . Altice Portugal, which is part of Altice Group and serves customers using the brand name Meo, is owned by French billionaire Patrick Drahi, who indicated his intention to sell the unit in summer last year.

STC eyes up Altice Portugal

by Georgia Sweeting | Dec 12, 2023

Saudi Telecom Company (STC) are considering the potential acquisition of Altice Portugal, which is owned by billionaire Patrick Drahi, according to a Bloomberg report citing anonymous sources

Altice to sell control of data centre business

by Georgia Sweeting | Nov 21, 2023

French telecoms company Altice has entered into an exclusivity agreement to partner with Morgan Stanley. As part of the deal, Altice France is set to sell a 70% share if its data centre business to Morgan Stanley for €535 million, which will create a new venture named UltraEdge, which will operate 257 data centre and office space across France.